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  • Klopp laments EPL’s return to 3 substitutes

    Klopp laments EPL’s return to 3 substitutes

    Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp on Friday expressed his disagreement with the Premier League’s decision to return to a system of allowing up to three substitutes in a match instead of five.

    The German said it was not based on facts, and the well-being of players was not taken into consideration.

    In May, football’s rule-making body IFAB changed the regulations governing the maximum number of substitutes.

    This was to help teams battling fixture congestion as they looked to complete the season after a three-month hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

    IFAB left it to individual leagues to decide if they wanted to adopt the rule this season and Premier League clubs voted at their annual general meeting last month against continuing to allow the use of five substitutes in each game.

    “I thought from a common sense point of view it would be clear we will have 20 (players in the squad) and five (substitutes),” Klopp told reporters. “It’s not an advantage. I don’t like that. We deal with this thing around the wrong facts.

    “It’s about players’ welfare and the highest quality in games for all teams…

    “Look at the other countries, Bayern (Munich) have the best team and have an advantage with the five subs (in the Bundesliga), but they play the most games.

    “Now it is 18 (in the squad) and three (substitutes). So, you have to rotate more. You need numbers and fit players. That’s the job we have to do. We have to make the decisions.”

    Champions Liverpool host second tier title holders Leeds United in their first match of the new campaign on Saturday and Klopp expects Marcelo Bielsa’s side to thrive in the top flight.

    “It’s not the most expansive style where they will open up. They are well-drilled and the way they defend is exceptional — pretty much man-marking plus one,” Klopp said.

    “They will face challenges because… some different animals are around than in the Championship (second tier).

    “But they will do well in the Premier League. It suits them more than the Championship and now they can show their full potential.”

  • 5 substitutes rule to be extended to 2020-2021 season

    5 substitutes rule to be extended to 2020-2021 season

    Football’s rule-making body IFAB on Wednesday said teams would be allowed to continue to use up to five substitutes next season.

    IFAB, the International Football Association Board had agreed to a temporary change to allow teams to use five substitutes, rather than the usual three in May to “protect player welfare” during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    “…the IFAB Board of Directors has extended the option to competitions, scheduled to be completed by 31 July 2021 and to international competitions, scheduled in July/August 2021,” the body said in a statement.

    IFAB said the decision on whether to apply this temporary amendment remains at the discretion of each competition organiser.

    Each team will only have three chances to make substitutions, although changes made at halftime are not counted as one of the three opportunities.

  • FIFA proposes up to 5 substitutions per match

    FIFA proposes up to 5 substitutions per match

    FIFA has proposed that teams should be allowed to make up to five substitutions per match, instead of the usual three, as a temporary measure to help cope with potential fixture congestion in the aftermath of the novel Coronavirus outbreak.

    Football has been at a standstill since mid-March but many leagues and federations are still hoping to complete the season but to do so they would have to cram fixtures into a shorter period than usual once play re-starts.

    The proposal for more substitutes would have to be approved by soccer’s rule-making organisation IFAB and the final decision would rest with competition organisers, the sport’s global governing body said in an emailed statement to Reuters.

    “One concern in this regard is that the higher-than-normal frequency of matches may increase the risk of potential injuries due to a resulting player overload.

    “Each team would now be given the possibility to use up to five substitutions during the match, with the possibility of an additional substitution remaining during extra time, where relevant,” it explained.

    FIFA added that the substitutions would have to be made in a maximum of three slots plus the halftime interval.

    The measure would apply to this season and next season plus all international matches until Dec. 31 next year.

    FIFA said that “football should only resume when the health authorities and governments say it is absolutely safe and non-disruptive of health services being delivered to the populations.”